The new normal will promote continuous training for workers, are you ready?

The importance of labor recycling grows, and this is stated by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which states that a 54% of the world's workers will need upgrade your skills before the year 2022.

The health and economic crises of COVID-19 generate greater interest in adapting to the labor market, both to access it and to stay within it. A report by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) foresees that, as in previous recessions, there will be a reactivation of continuous training in these first phases of the period of uncertainty and recommends that workers reconsider the professional aspects that need to be improved.

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Employees value the investment

But the researchers also reflect the interest of workers to continue learning. The 75% of the respondents would take a course suggested by their direct boss, according to a LinkedIn study, which confirms that the commitment to the company is also greater if there are plans of this type: the 94% of the workforce would be more time in a company if you invest more in your learning and development.

Ikigai: the Japanese technique for professional reinvention

Àngels Fitó, profesora de los Estudios de Economía y Empresa en UOC también opina que, en momentos de crisis como este, son habituales los cambios de rumbo laboral. “Tenemos más tiempo para reflexionar sobre lo que más nos llena o nos apasiona, y canalizar nuestros esfuerzos hacia sendas que todavía no habíamos recorrido”, señala en un artículo difundido por la universidad.

The confinement of employees in their homes due to the state of alarm could become for many in the space for the change of course through self-knowledge. This is what Montse Pujada, a coach specialized in professional reinvention, believes, who puts into practice the Japanese Ikigai technique to find a personal balance that goes through the professional: “Vivimos desconectados de nosotros mismos. Si estamos agradeciendo el parón, ¿qué es lo que nos indica?”. Se trata, expone, “de un trabajo de investigación sobre uno mismo” para poder buscar la trayectoria profesional que más se adapte a las fortalezas de cada persona.

“Si todos pudiéramos dedicarnos a algo que nos apasionara, Imagine how much satisfaction and how many people would feel fulfilled!” exclama. Pujada rechaza el mundo laboral de “competitividad mal entendida” o de falta de confianza y apuesta por complementar las habilidades técnicas «fundamentales» con las llamadas «blandas».

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“Yo elegiría para trabajar a alguien con quien tuviera conexión personal: con empatía, humildad, que sepa reconocer errores y con ganas de aprender”, específica. También la profesora de los Estudios de Economía y Empresa apuesta por el self-knowledge to advance in the professional career and to develop transversal competences such as the ability to work in a team, emotional intelligence or analytical thinking.